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Freshman second baseman Scott Holzwasser evades Charleston catcher Erven Roper to score on his inside-the-park home run Sunday / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Huskies sweep Charleston out of first place

April 20, 2017
The Huskies tallied 11 hits in Friday’s match but drew only one walk, emblematic of the series as a whole. The team ripped 37 hits but managed two total walks across the three games.
Brian Christian has developed into a key asset during his junior season / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Brian Christian: From a thrower to a pitcher

April 20, 2017
With refined accuracy on the mound, Christian has nearly halved his career walk rate while pushing his strikeout rate to 10.13 per nine innings. Lurking in the third spot in the rotation, his blazing fastball and high strikeout count electrifies otherwise grind-it-out Sunday affairs.
Participants in the Special Spirit basketball game pose with members of the Northeastern men's basketball team / Photo by Jon Polen

Special Spirit game brings hundreds to Cabot

April 13, 2017
Special Spirit was first created at the University of Massachusetts Lowell to give Special Olympics athletes a chance to play as Division I athletes.
Senior Meghan Jastrzembski (center) runs a road race in New York as part of her training for the 2017 Boston Marathon. / Photo courtesy Meghan Jastrzembski

NU students will run Boston Marathon

April 13, 2017
Northeastern students Meghan Jastrzembski, Michaella Niro and Bailey Fritzinger will join more than 30,000 participants in the 121st annual Boston Marathon on Monday.

Column: Sports organizations should continue North Carolina boycotts

April 12, 2017
The decision to reward North Carolina sets a precedent for other states hoping to oppress the LGBTQA+ community—lawmakers in those states now know that they can pass discriminatory bills without consequences, as long as those bills aren’t too discriminatory.
Senior righthander Mike Fitzgerald pitched six strong innings against the University of Delaware / Photo by Alex Melagrano

Baseball improves CAA record with pair of wins

April 12, 2017
The Northeastern University baseball team continued its winning ways in conference play, taking two out of three from the University of Delaware to improve to 6-3 within the Colonial Athletic Association.
Matthew Ferri runs in the 4x400 relay earlier this season. / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce

Huskies head south to compete in Miami

April 12, 2017
This past weekend, Northeastern athletes competed at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational in Florida, where each athlete made top 25 performances.
The Northeastern women's rowing team beat the Columbia Lions for the third year in a row. / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce

Northeastern holds Woodbury Cup for third year in a row

April 12, 2017
The Huskies finished with a time of 6 minutes, 50.1 seconds, besting Columbia by six seconds.
Junior starter Brian Christian threw seven strong innings and struck out 11 in the win over Towson University / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Madigan powers Huskies to a sweep of Towson

April 5, 2017
Despite a loss to Boston College in the Beanpot Semifinals, the Huskies capped off an otherwise successful week.

Column: Fenway opener a clear exhibit of MLB’s biggest problem

Charlie Wolfson April 5, 2017
The Red Sox, located in the huge media market of New England, have significantly more funds available to them than the Pirates, who call one of the smallest MLB media markets home.
John Stevens (18) and Sam Kurker (10) have signed contracts with NHL teams this offseason. / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Stevens, Kurker sign entry-level NHL deals

April 5, 2017
Northeastern University men’s hockey had a noteworthy senior class this season, with three players signing contracts with NHL teams.
Paul Duffey clocked in at 3:44.17 in the 1,500 meter sprint at Stanford University.

Track and field shines at Stanford and Yale

April 5, 2017

By Tory Igoe, news staff Over the weekend, members of Northeastern’s track and field team traveled to Stanford, California, and New Haven, Connecticut, knowing they needed to capitalize on last week’s success. At Stanford University’s invitational meet, the Huskies faced...